Octopizza Pie: Gruesome and Delicious

We eat a lot of pizza. Usually that means we take a blank canvas of soft dough and apply our favorite colors -basil, tomato, cheese, meats, veggies- then cut it into triangl-y pieces and eat the pointy ends first. But what if, this time, we changed neither the canvas nor the paints but the whole approach to eating pizza? How about dipping bread sticks in a cheesy, saucy pizza? Well, that's pretty good, except that bread sticks are boring. Then Claramecium (my oldest daughter's Instructables screen name), thought up the Octopizza, complete with pepperoni suckers. I love having kids!

Step 1: Ingredients

You can use whatever ingredients you like, canned sauce, fancy cheese... I think only two things are imperative to this recipe: pepperoni sticks and fresh dough.

I also used

SAUCE:
one can tomato sauce (not diced, for ease of dipping)
some oregano, basil, fennel, garlic, onion, pepper, salt and oil to coax out the flav's

CHEESE
wonderful cheese

DOUGH:
4 cups flour mixed with 1 Tbs salt and a shot of olive oil
2 cups warm-ish water with a Tbs of dissolved, happy yeast, all bright-eyed and foamy.

Comments

[Picturerazzi]

My Dad loves adding a bit of oregano on top of the cheese/toppings!

[DurMan]

Make this a "taco" pizza to add the extra level of punniness to the recipe.

Of course this only works if you understand a little Japanese.

[donedirtcheap]

I don't understand even a little Japanese. But I do know some guys on the internets. Do you suggest I make a Tako-taco-octopizza? Fun to say! Even more fun after saki.

[Kimberly^]

Congratulations on your First Prize win! This was one of my top choices too!

[donedirtcheap]

Congratulations to you! I swear, yours was the most appetizing pizza I have ever seen. Was it yours? I am gonna start seasoning my own 'kitchen appliance' next week. I hope it gets as shiny and black as yours. Can't wait to see what you make next!

[Kimberly^]

Aww...thank you! ( and yes, it was my pizza :) I'm sure yours will come out great! I've made 4 of them for gifts. They all came out nice. I sure love mine!

Please congratulate your children from me, too, for all their hard work :)

[ecsaul23]

Hey Congrats! I was rooting for you. This one was my favorite!

[donedirtcheap]

Thank you! I'm glad my work pleased you. Looking forward to what's next!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

This is so sweet! And don't kids just have the best ideas :)

[donedirtcheap]

We no sooner had the idea than we were taking photos and scoochmarooing ourselves a new kind of pizza! The pizza rolls look delicious, BTW. Did you know that they were invented here in Duluth, of all places?

[Kimberly^]

Well, I made it today for the Super Bowl party! I used your octopus idea (although mine looked a bit more like a crab..lol) and I used Krissisj's Slightly Sour Dough crust recipe. Both instructables were so helpful, and were quite the hit at the party.Thanks again :)

[donedirtcheap]

Looks great! Nobody will remember the game next year but they will remember your pizza for a long time. Thanks for the picture.

[Kimberly^]

I was just asked today what I am bringing to the local Super Bowl party we are attending. I made dough last night and I was thinking how unique it would be to bring an octopus. One might wonder why I would bring an octopus to a Super Bowl party. :) That's because I live in a small fishing village in Baja! Most people here make pate out of real octopus, (which I don't eat), but an octopus pizza? Perfect! I'll fit right in. Thanks again for a great instructable, and good luck in the contest!

[donedirtcheap]

I am so glad you wrote this. How exciting to know you'll be using the idea. I hope it goes over swimmingly.
I go to a local fabricator for the odd bits of steel I need for my smithing and foundry work. I'm gonna check with them for a piece big enough to be my new pizza steel. Would you like to send you a pic after I'm done seasoning it?

[Kimberly^]

I would love to see it! It's probably the nicest part of doing an instructable- to know that someone, somewhere, is utilizing what you've offered to share. It makes all the effort worthwhile. :)

[mistyp]

Congrats on becoming a finalist! Good luck!

[donedirtcheap]

Thank you. Good luck to you too!

[ecsaul23]

You've got my vote

[donedirtcheap]

Thanks. Do you think we can eat them fast enough to keep them from breeding?

[ecsaul23]

haha, i dont know, we have an epidemic on our hands!

[bgepp1]

I've heard of deep dish but not deep sea pizza. :) Love this!

[ecsaul23]

hahaaha!!!yay instructables!

[Dolingen]

Hi there,
I tried this today instead i put pesto on mine and cheese stuffed tentacles and made it a Cthulhu theme pizza.
Thanks for the inspiration. Here is a pic of mine https://twitter.com/Nashina/status/296889194268200961/photo/1

[donedirtcheap]

Pesto! Thank you so much for posting this pic. I hope it was as delicious as it looks.

[Nemesis201077]

I really like how different this looks, a great centrepiece for a party.

[donedirtcheap]

Thanks! Every day is a party around here.

[Kimberly^]

Adorable! I can't wait to try this one. Thank you!

[donedirtcheap]

It was my pleasure, believe me. Please take a picture of it if you do. There's plenty of room for improvement.

[carolyn55806]

What a fun idea!

[krissisj]

Really cute idea!!!

[rokclmb]

I love this. One of my kids doesn't like sauce so he can just have the tentacles. Great Idea!

[claramecium]

me and my dad LOVED this awesomely gross pizza! I should know,because this guy's
my dad! :)

[mistyp]

That's adorable!

[GorillazMiko]

This looks 8 times better than a normal pizza.

[Aljavar]

Mmmmmmm.....